Archive for 2010
Cal Tech, LBNL, Stanford and UC Berkeley, San Diego and Santa Barbara get $122M for artificial photosynthesis
With today’s announcement that it will be using $122 million to launch a new energy hub on artificial photosynthesis, the…
Read MoreMcLuhan and archaic poster sessions
[Two notes: The comments below are my opinions. Sometimes convention need to be re-examined, especially as new technology and other…
Read MoreSintering nuclear fuel pellets contract to Harper Intl.
Harper International has been awarded a contract to supply an advanced thermal processing system for the sintering of nuclear fuel…
Read MoreBecause lithium has worked so very well for Bolivia’s economy
I hope a PIO is to blame for this too-clever headline: “Lithium could be gold mine for Afghanistan.” But, the…
Read MorePoster sessions: Beloved dinosaurs?
I once heard the old horrible saying about spouses – “you can’t live with ’em and you can’t live without…
Read MoreAlpha Sigma Mu members: This will leave you in knots
The materials science and engineering honorary society, Alpha Sigma Mu, now has several really unique and attractive ties and scarves…
Read MoreU.S advanced battery market share to leap to 40% by 2015?
A new White House report and press release asserts that the United State’s share of the world’s advance battery market…
Read MoreBetter voltaics through titania
A major advantage of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells is that they do not suffer problems with solvent leakage and corrosion.…
Read MoreDOE announces availability of $30M for small business materials-oriented tech commercialization
Materials folks – are you already working on a Phase II SBIR or STTR grants project and itching to take…
Read MoreARPA-E announces $92M in advanced energy science, materials awards
DOE’s ARPA-E program today announced it would be funding 43 new high-risk, high-reward energy projects to the tune of $92…
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